2009 - The Mexican Border to British Columbia ...and We're OFF

We are starting 2009 in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas. We have spent three months with friends Bill and Josie Roberts in the Snow to Sun RV Park in Weslaco. This area is a favorite winter retreat from the cold north for many Canadians and other American snowbirds, many (and we do mean MANY) from as far away as Newfoundland (the best partyers of all.) We have made scores of new friendships and (massively) helped the local Mexican economy at the many shops and cantinas in the border town of Nuevo Progreso. We've been perfecting our margarita recipe (yumm) and line dancing skills, beachcombing and kite-flying on South Padre Island, and basically enjoying the local culture, flora, and fauna along this million-strong population corridor at the Mexican border. Progreso is small enough and "turista" enough to be immune (so far) to the drug wars that are threatening other border cities as we get ready to say "goodbye" and depart the area on March 15. We are heading West with our ultimate destination being British Columbia sometime in late summer.